Unit 1 Quiz

What were the causes of the seven years war?
Who was involved in the seven years war?
What was the outcome of the 7 years war?
When and Where was the seven years war?
What was the Royal Proclamation?
Who was involved in the American Revolution?
When was the American Revolution?
Why were the colonies fighting in the American Revolution?
Why was the war of 1812 started?
Who was involved in the war of 1812?
Who won the war of 1812?
What is the nickname of these 3 wars?

Answers

France and Britain both wanted to control the resources of North America, Especially fish and fur.
France and Britain.
Britain Defeated France and New France becomes a part of the British Empire.
The war started in Ohio River Valley in 1756 and ended in North American in 1760 but continued in Europe until 1763.
The royal proclamation was a treaty that was used:

to ensure that British institutions and laws, customs, language, and religion were enforced in Quebec.
to attract British settlers to Quebec.
to limit the size of Quebec.
to assure native-peoples fur trade and hunting are protected.

6. The people of the thirteen colonies who were also British.
7. Protests broke out into armed conflict known as the American Revolution or the War of Independence in 1775.
8. The people from the thirteen colonies were being taxed and presented with a number of intolerable acts.
9.Because Upper Canada was poorly defended and exposed the United States declared war on them thinking that it would be and easy land grab and take over Upper Canada to fulfill their dream of Manifest Destiny.
10.Americans, Natives and British. There were 8 million U.S. and only 500,000 British, so U.S. thought it would be easy. Most Upper Canadians fought as British subjects, Lower Canadian subjects fought to protect their homes from invasion.
11. No one won the war.
12. Three wars that shaped Canada.